Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE…THROUGH TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
ROCKIES THROUGH TONIGHT.  AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ENTER
FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL PUSH ACROSS
THE REST OF THE AREA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  A FEW SHOWERS MAY
FORM ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AS A RESULT.  MEANWHILE…STRONG
AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.  DURING THE EARLY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS…STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THE
FRONT. 

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY OCT 26.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…20 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

IN ADDITION…GUSTY WINDS…LOW HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
DRY AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL LIMIT PRECIPITATION
CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY… THURSDAY… AND FRIDAY MORNING WILL
APPROACH FREEZING… MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. 
AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH MORNING AND A FEW LOCALES MAY
REACH THE FREEZING MARK.

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